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I was going to drop this show but after watching episode 1 subbed, I decided I'll watch a few more episodes. The plot is very interesting.

Spoilerish Questions:

Spoiler:

1. In episode 1, exactly what happened to Nebiriru and her partner?

2. Who was narrating in the beginning? It seems to be the weak-ship country.

3. Is the weak-ship country invading good-ship country in order to learn the secrets of Simoun? But it said that even the Simula (that means Simoun pilots, right?) do not know the secrets of Simoun.

4. I swear there were old guys shown in episode 1 but they had female VAs. Are those girls who became guys? It's weird they keep their female voices...

Spoiler for episode 1 answers:

1. Neviril lost control in the middle of the remergeance and in the end, her Simoun barely managed to escape the blast. Unfortunately, her partner, Amulia, was caught in the blast and as you can see in the scene of the damaged Simoun before Neviril freaks out... the upper cockpit has been blasted off.

2. Yes, it's someone from the invading country.

3. If you notice some of the footage, they're trying to drag back parts of a Simoun to analyze it.

Ah, so Latin was the missing link I was looking for... and the Sibylla Aurea (golden prophetess) confirms it. So does Auriga(a slave who drove chariots) and Sagitta(arrow). Good stuff. ( '-')b

EDIT: I wonder why they wanted to mix both French and Latin into the terms... Maybe they didn't think the Latin sounded cool enough? ^_^;

Really intresteds in it im just still trying to understand what the hell is going on someone mentioned it had a last exile feel to it i totally agree with that plus theres nothing wrong with a series that opens with a bunch a girls kissing. guess i will have to watch more to see if i like it or not. Does anyone know what happen to the 2 pilots that were shot down?

1. In episode 1, exactly what happened to Nebiriru and her partner? 2. Who was narrating in the beginning? It seems to be the weak-ship country. 3. Is the weak-ship country invading good-ship country in order to learn the secrets of Simoun? But it said that even the Simula (that means Simoun pilots, right?) do not know the secrets of Simoun. 4. I swear there were old guys shown in episode 1 but they had female VAs. Are those girls who became guys? It's weird they keep their female voices...

Spoiler for more answers:

What zalas said is right. I'd just add (1) that the blast was because Neviriru and her partner failed to create the Jade Remergion, and the blast that should have destroyed the enemy was uncontrolled and blasted them. (3) The Craftsman Nation is invading to learn the secret; it doesn't realize that no-one in Simulacrum knows it either. They would just take back a ship and try to reverse engineer it. (4) Everybody in Simulacrum starts life as a female and some of them turn male at 17. These are not actually human beings like you or me. Their biology is different. The show is saying that even males are not as male-seeming as human males are.

Thanks, I understand now. Did I mention how much I love the Simoun ship designs? But I guess everyone else probably said it already. It just looks so lavish! The turnable spinning thing is unique as well. Kudos to the designer and the CG-er.

Although I still think it probably should be Sybilla, not Shivyura but that's just what my ears say, not the official site.

Spoiler:

It's a bit weird though that Neville was a pilot in the first episode and a navigator in the second.
Furthermore, I don't think they failed to create the Jade Ri Maajon, it's just that the enemy pilot broke Neville's concentration and it all went out of control. After all, the blast did destroy the enemis, so it wasn't a complete failure. And I think the nation with the Simoun knows the secret, just not the whole of it since apparently much of the technology, or magic or whatever it is has been lost.

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It's a bit weird though that Neville was a pilot in the first episode and a navigator in the second. Furthermore, I don't think they failed to create the Jade Ri Maajon, it's just that the enemy pilot broke Neville's concentration and it all went out of control. After all, the blast did destroy the enemis, so it wasn't a complete failure. And I think the nation with the Simoun knows the secret, just not the whole of it since apparently much of the technology, or magic or whatever it is has been lost.

I'm the one who translated that glossary, and I prefer Sybilla, too. That's not what was printed on the site, so I went with the site. But Sybilla makes sense to me. So does Neville for Neviriru. I wish the site had some official English versions. I just transliterated the Japanese, but I'm sure they were thinking of some foreign name, like Neville.

Spoiler for Neviriru as sagitta instead of auriga:

I think she went to the rear (sagitta) seat (a) to give Aaeru a chance to show her piloting; (b) because she was still shaken up by her experience; and/or (c) because it seemed natural to her for the senior member to be in the rear seat, as her partner had been (but this isn't true for every pair).

I just transliterated the Japanese, but I'm sure they were thinking of some foreign name, like Neville.

My uneducated guess woud be Neviril, with a lengthened final syllable, because that's what I'm picking up in the dialogue and it seems to fit the kana better - if they'd meant Neville, I would've expected them to write ネヴィール. Also, I find it hard not to automatically read Neville as a man's name (e.g. Neville Chamberlain), even though I know -ille is a perfectly good feminine ending.

Similarly with シヴュラ, if they'd meant Sibylla wouldn't シブラ have been closer? You're right, Sybilla is a natural reading given the use of Latin,

but I wonder if the soft "b" we're hearing is just the closest our Japanese cast can get to "v"? Early transliterations used Siwula, but I don't know if they were based on inside info or were just matching the Polish word to the kana.

Not trying to nit-pick, just wondering aloud...

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Was there a mistake in the script? (Or a glitch in the subs?) After the first battle, it was Amuria who was killed, not Paraeita. During the "conference" among the older people, they said "they lost their their Para-sama".

Was there a mistake in the script? (Or a glitch in the subs?) After the first battle, it was Amuria who was killed, not Paraeita. During the "conference" among the older people, they said "they lost their their Para-sama".

Spoiler:

Are you sure they didn't say paru-sama? Paru (which I initially mistook for "pal", lol) seems to mean comrade among the Simoun flight crews.

EDIT: Yep, it sounds like taisetsu na paru to me, so I think the subs are wrong.

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And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Akihabara to be born?

My uneducated guess would be Neviril, with a lengthened final syllable, because that's what I'm picking up in the dialogue and it seems to fit the kana better...Similarly with シヴュラ, if they'd meant Sibylla wouldn't シブラ have been closer? You're right, Sybilla is a natural reading given the use of Latin, and the classical influences I think we're seeing...but I wonder if the soft "b" we're hearing is just the closest our Japanese cast can get to "v"?....

I like the sound of Neviril, as you suggested and as Yui has on her page. I think the echo of Lord of the Rings elven folk may be intentional ("Galadriel...).

And I think it works to say Shivyura is the Greek Sibylla -- or maybe just Sibyl in English -- especially because that word means a kind of priestess, which is also what "shivyura" is supposed to mean. Maybe that's all part of the "exotic ancient West" feel that I think this show has.

This link (from Yui's page) is about ancient Indian flying boats which could not be destroyed and which depended on the pilots' Tantric spiritual powers. So maybe the Indian part of the West is also there.

And I think it works to say Shivyura is the Greek Sibylla -- or maybe just Sibyl in English -- especially because that word means a kind of priestess, which is also what "shivyura" is supposed to mean. Maybe that's all part of the "exotic ancient West" feel that I think this show has.

The fansub I watched used the word "Simula" for the pilots. Given that the name of the nation is "Simulacrum" (strange, isn't it.. sort of suggests it's fake, like the world in Scrapped Princes..), maybe that isn't far off?